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  The Mobility Command, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Yenagoa on Thursday organised a Research and Development (R&D) competition to enhance local sourcing of materials to help lower dependency on foreigner materials for NAF's operations. The Chief of Standard and Evaluation, Headquarters, NAF, AVM Bala Abubakar, the Special Guest of Honour said that such competitions would help provide local innovative maintenance methods and logistics support systems. Mobility Command, NAF 2023 Inter-units R&D Competition held at 631 Air Craft Maintenance Depot (ACMD) Hanger, Ikeja, Lagos. The competition held in Lagos State because the Command's 301 Heavy Airlift Group and C130 Aircraft was situated at ACMD Hanger. Abubakar said that the service placed a high premium on R&D which was captured in the third key driver of the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Isiaka Amao's vision. "The CAS vision involves the sustenance of platform and equipment serviceability through innovati...

  No fewer than 250 voters lined up for accreditation and voting for the Governorship and House of Assembly elections at Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos on Saturday. The News Agency Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials of the Independent National Electoral (INEC) arrived at 8.55 a.m., while started accreditation at 9.30 a.m. at Ward D Polling Units 044, 048, 051 and 082, Ogudu area of Kosofe. Oluwaseun Sule, Polling Agent for Social Democratic Party (SDP), told NAN that she was very impressed by the massive turnout of voters. “We are still hoping that more voters will come out to vote because it is their civic responsibility and I hope the process remains calm. “The INEC officials are also doing a fantastic job; although they arrived late and I hope the voting process is fast so that there will not be any delay at all, “Sule said. Sule said she was hopeful that SDP would be successful in the election. Anuoluwapo Akinola, Polling Agent for Labour Party (LP), said she was aston...

  Nigerian budding rapper, Nwaiwu Kelechi, popularly known  as ‘Krrystal’, on Thursday urged artistes to use their platforms in encouraging youths to participate fully in Saturday’s election to attain the needed change in the country. Krrystal gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, on the release of his new song, titled, ‘Boogie Down’, produced by Waveman.   “I learnt in these past few weeks that no voice is louder or stronger than a people who have come together in unity to say enough is enough. “If we come out en masse to vote, we can change the narrative and help build a stronger democratic institution,” he said. He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cover up the loopholes seen during the presidential election. “The presidential election was flawed by BVAS malfunction especially in the uploading of results, we hope to see a change. “We want INEC to improve the transparency of election results and ...

  A non-governmental organisation, Women Liberation and Transformation Group (W-LIT)  has urged the state government to organise more digital training programmes to enlighten women and boost their businesses. The Executive Director of W-LIT, Mrs Olanike Mic-Taiwo, made the call), on Wednesday at a meeting of market women at Ayobo/Ipaja, Lagos, to celebrate the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD). The 2023 IWD has the theme: “Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting which was subgranted by Women’s Right And Health Project (WRAPH) was funded by Action Aids and Global Affairs Canada. She said that learning digital skills would not only boost their businesses online but also help them manage crisis such as the cash crunch issues faced in Nigeria currently. Mic-Taiwo said that the cashless policy currently going on in the country was a call for business women to embrace technology. “I applaud the cashless pol...

A popular blogger from Kogi State, Isah Amoto Aliyu, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of a senatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party in the state, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who he said masterminded his alleged "abduction" by policemen without a warrant of arrest.  In a Facebook post, on Thursday evening, Aliyu, who runs the Ebira4Real blog, said, after being harassed and tortured to write a statement in police cell, Akpoti-Uduaghan walked in and insisted that he must implicate three Kogi government officials, specifically her opponent in the senatorial race, and two others simply identified as "Atimpo and Hi-speed", before he could be released.  According to the blogger, the allegations against the officials she mentioned as it concerned him were strange to him, so he refuted them and remained in detention for 14 days.  He made these revelations as documents emerged, showing that he had dragged the PDP Senatorial Candidate before a Federal High Co...

  Ahl. Sulaimon Akorede, National Coordinator, AMBV4GBAT on behalf of Abibat Mogaji Beneficiaries Vanguard for Bola Ahmed Tinubu (AMBV4GBAT) has felicitated with the president elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu  on his historic electoral victory as the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Akorede disclosed this in a statement that was made available to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday. He said that there was no doubt that the election you won was the most free and fair in the history of Nigeria and have shown that you are a true democrat. He said Tinubu statesmanship, philanthropic, humane and humble attributes have paved way for him to lead the country. "Moreso, we have over the years watched your dedication to the advancement of the country, your excellent human relations as well as your performance as a role model in governance, especially as a former governor of Lagos State. "There is no doubt that the transformation drive you brought into Lagos State will be replicated...